Romelu Lukaku

Doolstar70 · May 14, 2016

Toast said:
I've heard this from a very reliable source.
Both, sadly, are off.

I wish them the best of luck and im sure however that they will both be replaced with quality.

There really in no point keeping unhappy players.

Professor Toffee · May 14, 2016

Tree13 said:
Are people seriously advocating the sale of the one player who has kept us out of relegation trouble for the last two seasons?

Madness. Utter dribbling insanity.

The only reason I would even consider selling him would be if a continental club came in with a ridiculous bid, like £70m. Anything less than £60m I wouldn't even dignify with a reply.

Only Kane, Vardy and Aguero have scored more than Rom this season and of those three I would say only Aguero is a significantly better player. Vardy is 18 months away from being worth nothing, due to his age. Kane is overpriced/valued simply due to being English. Neither would represent value for money as a replacement, and it's not as if we could buy either of them, or Aguero, anyway.

A big-name manager coming in will go a long way to convincing Rom to stay for one more season. We NEED him to stay. He should stay.

Yeah everything about him spells party time
Sulky boy

deipnosophist · May 14, 2016

Lukaku is a very good striker but, like all his team mates, he was wigatonised under Bobby's tutelage. Under a half decent manager he will re-find his mojo.

eternal_defiance · May 15, 2016

I hope Lukaku ends the season with goals, swagger and confidence. Hopefully he scores 4 goals or something today. The whole team has been poor for so long and if we're going to sell him it would help that he shows what clubs could be buying for the £55m!

Tree13 · May 15, 2016

Toffeelover said:
No mention of Stones in your post?

Correct. Because this is the Romelu Lukaku thread.

streeky · May 15, 2016

Tree13 said:
Are people seriously advocating the sale of the one player who has kept us out of relegation trouble for the last two seasons?

Madness. Utter dribbling insanity.

The only reason I would even consider selling him would be if a continental club came in with a ridiculous bid, like £70m. Anything less than £60m I wouldn't even dignify with a reply.

Only Kane, Vardy and Aguero have scored more than Rom this season and of those three I would say only Aguero is a significantly better player. Vardy is 18 months away from being worth nothing, due to his age. Kane is overpriced/valued simply due to being English. Neither would represent value for money as a replacement, and it's not as if we could buy either of them, or Aguero, anyway.

A big-name manager coming in will go a long way to convincing Rom to stay for one more season. We NEED him to stay. He should stay.

You say you want 60 m for Lukaku and kane is overpriced. ? Most evertonians would walk over lukaku to get kane, the kid is the perfect centre forward and a young Englishmen who has a fantastic work ethic.

Tree13 · May 15, 2016

streeky said:
You say you want 60 m for Lukaku and kane is overpriced. ? Most evertonians would walk over lukaku to get kane, the kid is the perfect centre forward and a young Englishmen who has a fantastic work ethic.

Any club will always look to sell their best players for the maximum sum possible. We should be no different with Lukaku, IF the time comes that we want to sell him. Equally, every club will always look to pay out as little as possible when bringing in a new player and, at the moment, Kane would command an INSANE fee because he's had a brilliant season, he's English (so carries a premium) and Daniel Levy would be running the negotiations. I'm not pricing either Lukaku or Kane objectively, I'm looking at both of them subjectively through the eyes of an Everton supporter.

I'm not so sure MOST Evertonians would walk over Lukaku to get to Kane. Some might, and they are entitled to their opinion. But Kane has been playing for a team with a MUCH more creative midfield this season than Lukaku, has played 200 minutes more than Lukaku in the prem, taken 41 more shots than Lukaku and only scored 7 more goals. Rom's had six assists, Kane's had one. I'm not so sure that if we swapped them around Kane would still be the higher scoring player.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/top-scorers

Walsall Blue · May 15, 2016

Rom just needs to take on board that even when things ain't going your way you still need to put in some effort, chase things down lost causes etc .Not just stand around and let the game pass you by like he's done for last half of this season...irrespective of what's happening off the field .

MartSlinger · May 15, 2016

Jose Mourinho will be the only manager that could tempt the lad to stay.

d34noj · May 15, 2016

The manager that didn't rate him and ended up selling him?

MartSlinger · May 15, 2016

d34noj said:
The manager that didn't rate him and ended up selling him?

If you cant see why he sold Lukaku then you're silly arent you.

Lukaku has vastly improved as a player since he left Chelsea. Mourinho likes ready made players, he swapped Lukaku for Costa & he won them the League.

d34noj · May 15, 2016

MartSlinger said:
If you cant see why he sold Lukaku then you're silly arent you.

Lukaku has vastly improved as a player since he left Chelsea. Mourinho likes ready made players, he swapped Lukaku for Costa & he won them the League.

He also bought Bony to replace him and he did bugger all?

And I'm not silly lad. I'm stupid.

MartSlinger · May 15, 2016

d34noj said:
He also bought Bony to replace him and he did bugger all?

And I'm not silly lad. I'm stupid.

Mourinho has never bought Bony.

Nymzee · May 15, 2016

d34noj said:
He also bought Bony to replace him and he did bugger all?

And I'm not silly lad. I'm stupid.

wot

Axlswhk · May 15, 2016

Mourinho had little choice but to sell a player seeking to play week in week out. Lukaku knows what he want and the only way to improve himself is to play regularly. Its not about selling because he has no potential